base

Definition

  • noun: the bottom or lowest part of something
  • noun: the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature
  • verb: to have a particular place as the main place where a person works or lives or where a business operates
  • verb: to make, form, or serve as a base for
  • adjective: not honest or good
  • adjective: of little height
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: low-minded, ignoble, degraded

Examples

  • You've 'based' your opinion 'on' faulty information. = Your opinion is 'based on' faulty information. [=the information that you used to form your opinion is wrong]

  • The company's 'base' is in London. = The company's 'base of operations' is (in) London. [=the company's main offices are in London]

  • Although I disagreed with the book's theoretical 'base' [='basis, foundation'], I couldn't really find fault with its logic.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We're uploading your cerebral matrix...now. I can read him. He is dreaming. I wouldn't call it dreams. It's Ultron's base consciousness. Informational noise. Soon... How soon? I'm not being pushy. We're imprinting a physical brain. There are no shortcuts. Even if you imagined... Aaah! He... (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • (..) - Shit! - Language! Jarvis, what's the view from upstairs? The central building is protected by some kind of energy shield. Strucker's technology is well beyond any other Hydra base we've taken. Loki's scepter must be here. Strucker couldn't mount this defense without it. At long last. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron